Annual Walk for Hunger in Boston set for May 4

BOSTON - The 46th Annual Walk for Hunger has been scheduled for May 4, officials from Project Bread announced Wednesday.

Registration for the event, which raises money for anti-hunger programs, is now open at www.projectbread.org.

Walk organizers say they expect 40,000 people to turn out to this year's 20-mile walk, which starts and ends at the Boston Common. The event is expected to raise more than $3.5 million for Project-Bread, an anti-hunger organization.

According to a recent report from Project Bread, there are more than 700,000 people in the state who do not know where their next meal will come from and 16.5 percent of children in the state live in food-insecure homes.

“Even as the economic situation appears to improve, we see that hunger continues to be an issue for many families across the state,” Ellen Parker, executive director of Project Bread, said in a press release. “At Project Bread, we continue to work to ensure that every family has access to the healthy, nutritious food they need. Every dollar raised through the Walk for Hunger helps us do that and much more.”

More information on the walk can be found at http://www.projectbread.org/walk or by calling 617-723-5000.